{"id":90250,"date":"2020-10-31T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=90250"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:16:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:16:43","slug":"today-in-hockey-history-flames-matthew-tkachuk-scores-wonder-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/31\/today-in-hockey-history-flames-matthew-tkachuk-scores-wonder-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Hockey History: Calgary Flames Matthew Tkachuk Scores Wonder Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019re normally starting up another hockey season, but we\u2019re in a different world. Last Word on Hockey is still going to look back at each date\u2019s historical significance to the game. We\u2019ll remember the moments that shaped the sport of hockey that happened on this day. Here\u2019s our look at this date in hockey history for October 31st, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Happy Halloween to those that celebrate.<\/p>\n<h2>Today in Hockey History<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a> Scores Between the Legs<\/h3>\n<p><strong>2019:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flames\/\" target=\"_self\">Calgary Flames<\/a> forward scores a treat of a goal with 1.6 seconds left in overtime. His wonder goal leads Calgary to a 6-5 overtime rally over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/predators\/\" target=\"_self\">Nashville Predators<\/a>. He scores the game-tying goal to force the overtime period.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7v_F-peobEA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Flames trailed 4-1 in the third and 5-4 in the third period. He&#8217;s the second Flames player to score the game-tying goal in the last minute of regulation and game-winning goals in overtime. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/beersed01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eddy Beers<\/a> first recorded the feat in Oct. 1983.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Notable Events<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1942:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/richama01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maurice Richard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/19\/today-in-hockey-history-canadiens-maurice-richard-scores-500th-goal\/\" target=\"_self\">makes his NHL debut<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_self\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>. He gets an assist in a 3-2 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bruins\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Bruins.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1981:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gretzwa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wayne Gretzky<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/oilers\/\" target=\"_self\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> gets his seventh career hat trick before his 21st birthday. He gets four goals in an 11-4 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_self\">Quebec Nordiques<\/a>. The Great One gets his 46th career hat trick and three assists in an 8-4 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/kings\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1987:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dionnma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcel Dionne<\/a> scores his 700th goal in an 8-2 loss to the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/islanders\/\" target=\"_self\"> New York Islanders<\/a>. Dionne spent the bulk of his career with the Kings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995:<\/strong> Montreal coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/trembma02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mario Tremblay<\/a> sets a record for the best start for a new coach. The Habs beat the Bruins, 3-1, for Tremblay&#8217;s sixth straight win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/canucks\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> are the second team to score a goal in each of their first 11 games. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindetr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Linden<\/a> scores the opening goal of a 4-1 road win over the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\"> Phoenix Coyotes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> rookie centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/toewsjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Toews<\/a> gets a goal in a 5-4 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/stars\/\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Stars<\/a>. Toews has points his first 10 games of his career at this point, which is the second-longest in NHL history.<\/p>\n<p><b>2008: <\/b><span id=\"token-8501C62ED201BD195B6A1\" class=\"token token-hyperLink\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohlunma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mattias Ohlund<\/a><\/strong> scores in the 13th round of the shootout<\/span> to give Vancouver a 7-6 victory against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/ducks\/\" target=\"_self\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> at Honda Center. Each team scores six goals in regulation, but the shooting touch goes away in the overtime and shootout. Ohlund is the 26th shooter and ends it after finally beating Ducks&#8217; goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hillejo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonas Hiller<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Happy Birthday to You<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1887: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lalonne01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsy Lalonde<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1897: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/herbeji01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Herbert<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1933: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/goyetph01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Goyette<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nesteer01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Nesterenko<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1956: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mannobo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Manno<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1958: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/siltari01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Risto Siltanen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1959: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nasluma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mats Naslund<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1963: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/cyrpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Cyr<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1982: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/plekato01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tomas Plekanec<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1987: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/foligni01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Foligno<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"vxQ8R-MATk1IgWkiZuOJfA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1179237777\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'vxQ8R-MATk1IgWkiZuOJfA',sig:'cn2MQ4MVpEpAVLk49Nu5XzQvDj2LHWTj4HwhuwbFdQk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1179237777',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re normally starting up another hockey season, but we\u2019re in a different world. Last Word on Hockey is still going to look back at each date\u2019s historical significance to the game. We\u2019ll remember the moments that shaped the sport of hockey that happened on this day. Here\u2019s our look at this date in hockey history [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":90251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,8245,4547,4548,6331],"tags":[3534,143,2404,4347,701,2370,2248,4733,833,829,590],"class_list":["post-90250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flames","category-history","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-today-in-hockey-history","tag-hockey-history","tag-jonathan-toews","tag-marcel-dionne","tag-mario-tremblay","tag-matthew-tkachuk","tag-mattias-ohlund","tag-maurice-richard","tag-newsy-lalonde","tag-nick-foligno","tag-tomas-plekanec","tag-wayne-gretzky"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478924,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90250\/revisions\/478924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}